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What do you call an underground layer of porous rock and/or sand that contains water?
a) aquifer
b) cave
c) glacier
d) sinkhole

Condensation is caused when water changes from a ________to a _________.
a) solid to liquid
b) an iceberg to ocean water
c) gas to solid
d) gas to liquid

What do you call the change from a liquid to a gas at temperatures below boiling?
a) condensation
b) fog
c) evaporation
d) absorption

This is the changing of water from a liquid to a solid..
a) freezing
b) melting
c) snowing
d) raining

What do you call a large, slowly moving body of snow and ice?
a) river
b) iceberg
c) iceoid
d) glacier

This is the process water undergoes when changing from a solid to a liquid.
a) freezing
b) glaciering
c) melting
d) evaporating

This is a change from one state of matter to another.
a) phase change
b) new chapter
c) water cycle
d) cycle changes

This is water that falls to Earth’s surface in the form of rain, snow, sleet, hail, and freezing rain.
a) infiltration
b) condensation
c) evaporation
d) precipitation

This is a body of water, often an artificial lake, which is used to store water for human use.
a) pond
b) reservoir
c) overpass
d) runoff

This is water that moves across the surface of land into streams or rivers in the form of heavy rain, melted snow, or excess irrigation water.
a) transpiration
b) ground water
c) runoff
d) sloughs

This is the release of water vapor from the leaves of plants.
a) transpiration
b) absorption
c) condensation
d) evaporation

This the continuous movement of water from Earth’s surface to the atmosphere and back again.
a) precipitation
b) evaporation
c) the water phases
d) the water cycle

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